Margaret BAKER

Abt 1864 - 1906  (~ 42 years)

• Name	Margaret BAKER
  Birth	Abt 1864	, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
  Gender	Female
  _FSFTID	KF2W-NGX
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KF2W-NGX
  Death	20 Apr 1906	, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	21 Apr 1906	, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I185	FHC027 - Berry Tree
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	David BAKER,   c. 28 Jun 1835, St Leonards, Watlington, Oxfordshire, England d. 15 Dec 1891, , Undera, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Bridget WILLIAMS,   b. Abt 1833, , , Tipperary, Ireland d. 3 Apr 1887, , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1858	, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George SPEARS,   b. 16 Apr 1871, , Coghills, Victoria, Australia d. 6 Aug 1936, , Bendigo East, Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb 1896	, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1864 - , Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Marriage - 26 Feb 1896 - , Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Death - 20 Apr 1906 - , Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Burial - 21 Apr 1906 - , Corowa, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Little is known about Margaret Baker, there is no registration of her birth in either Victoria or Tasmania, although it is believed that she was actually born in Tasmania. Margaret attended the Undera state school when it opened in 1876. This is shown in the 1876-1976 Centenary History of Undera state school and District. The next known movement of Margaret, or Maggie, as she appears to have been known, was when she attended the wedding of her brother William James to Jane Sims at Torquay, (now known as Devonport) in Tasmania on 28 January 1884. Margaret signed as a witness to the wedding. At the age of 32, Margaret married George Spears at the Presbyterian Church, Mooroopna, on the 26 February 1896. Margaret then gave the information that she had been born in Tasmania, and that her occupation was a domestic servant. Margaret's married life was short. On 20 April 1906, Margaret died of peritonitis at Corowa, New South Wales, and is buried in the Presbyterian Section of the Old Corowa Cemetery. George Spears, Margaret's husband, stated on Margaret's death certificate that Margaret was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and that she had lived there for 2 years. George Spears died at Bendigo East on 6 August, 1936, and is buried at Bendigo. Margaret Baker and George Spears had no children. (Compiled by Hugh Molyneux)